Installing an 8 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port host interface adapter

If you purchased an FC ACHK 8 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port host interface adapter that was not preinstalled for you, you must install it in the node canister.

Before you begin

The 8 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port host interface adapter is installed in the node canisters in the control enclosure. If your control enclosure has two node canisters, you must install the same options in both canisters. Do not start installation until you have two of the 8 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port host interface adapter options.

About this task

Note: The host interface adapter has four ports, but only two small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers are installed.

Procedure

To install the host interface adapter, complete the following steps.

  1. Remove the SFP transceivers from the host interface adapter (Figure 1). To remove an SFP transceiver, swing the release handle open and use it to pull the transceiver out of the port.
    Figure 1. Host interface adapter and SFP transceivers
    Image of host interface card and SFP transceivers
  2. Loosen the retaining thumbscrew  1  as shown in Figure 2.
    Figure 2. Installing 8 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port host interface adapter
    Image of open canister showing installation of host interface card
    •  1  Retaining thumbscrew
    •  2  Filler handle
    •  3  Host interface adapter
    •  4  Catch slot
  3. From inside the canister, grasp the filler handle  2  and slide the filler plate toward the thumbscrew to disengage the plate from the catch slot  4 .
  4. Remove the filler plate.
  5. Insert the host interface adapter  3  into the canister as shown in Figure 2
  6. Align the mounting bracket of the host interface adapter with the inside of the host interface adapter aperture at the thumbscrew end of the canister, ensuring that the tab at the end of the faceplate is aligned with the catch slot  4 .
  7. Align the connecting edge of the host interface adapter with the slot in the host interface adapter connector inside the canister.
  8. Apply pressure to the opposite edge of the host interface adapter to push the adapter into the connector.
  9. Check that the host interface adapter is installed squarely in its slot and tighten the retaining thumbscrew  1 .
  10. Reinstall the SFP transceivers. To install a transceiver, push it fully into the port and close the release handle.
  11. If you purchased the additional 2-transceiver option, install the extra SFP transceivers in the remaining ports.